For his performance in Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning film, Schindler’s List (1993), Liam Neeson was nominated for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe nomination.
Liam Neeson earned an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for portraying Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg’s holocaust drama Schindler’s List (1993).
Liam Neeson got his first film experience in 1977, playing Jesus Christ and The Evangelist in the religious film Pilgrim’s Progress (1978). Liam Neeson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000.
Liam Neeson provided a voice for Hayao Miyazaki’s anime film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. In January 2018, Neeson was awarded the Distinguished Service for the Irish Abroad Award by Irish President Michael D. Higgins.
Liam Neeson starred as Oscar Wilde in David Hare’s The Judas Kiss in 1998. In 2009, at a ceremony in New York, Liam Neeson was awarded an honorary doctorate by Queen’s University, Belfast.